Improvement in buckles



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY LOEWENBERG, OF .NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT yIN BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,928, dated May 22,1866,

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY LOEWENBERG, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles; and I'do hereby declare thefol lowing to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure lrepresents one of the buckles in question, and Fig. 2 represents themanner/of fastening the straps thereto.

I am aware that buckles have been made of one single piece struck orbent up into shape 5 but I am not aware that any buckle has hithertobeen made which is self-fastening, as-I propose to make them, andconsequently adjustable on the straps which it unites or holds together;and while I prefer to make my buckle of a single piece, as a matter ofeconomy, yet it may be made of two or more pieces and still retain theproperty of adjustability upon one or both of the straps without beingsewed or permanently fastened to either of them by means of thesectional bars and points.

My invention consists in a peculiarly-constructed buckle that can beadjusted on one or both of the straps or other things which it is tounite or hold together Without being permanently fastened to either.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I Willproceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

Buckles are almost invariably sewed, eyeleted, riveted, or in some waypermanently fastened to one of the straps, sides, or other thing to befastened by them, and thus the extent of adjustability is limited to onestrap only. To make the buckle itself so that it may be adjusted by oron both straps is the object of my invention, using therefor sectionalbars with points thereon.

The buckle A may be cast or stamped up out of sheet or `plate metal,leaving the sectional cross-bars a b, which are both turned up intopoints c, that will pass into or through the material that is to befastened by it. The points c project toward each other, so as to receiveand hold straps which extend in'contra-ry directions. Of course, eachstrap may be drawn up and fastened on its own points or tongues, andthus double the adjustable capacity is had over the ordinary bucklefastened to one of the straps by stitching or otherwise. The loose orfree ends of the straps, after being caught on the points or ends of thetongues, may be tucked under the frame of the buckle, as shown in Fig.2.

One of the important features in this buckle,

besides its simple and cheap construction, eX-

tent of adjustability, and ease with which it may be applied by any one,consists in its ready removal from clothes that are to be washed, andthus avoid stain or rust marks on the clothes.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A buckle having sectional cross-bars with points turned toward eachother and that Will hold and be adjusble on both straps without beingpermanently attached to either, and constructed substantially as hereindescribed and represented.

y HENRY LOEWENBERG. Witnesses:

ALEX. OSTRANDER, GEORGE W. ODELL.

